Gurulé Families - Gurulé Family Apr '21

Why are families numbered? What does that mean?

When Angela Lewis first started her Gurulé research in 1998, she was finding direct descendants, but was also finding lots of other families that she couldn’t trace back to the French descendants. She numbered them in her records to keep track of the different families.

How do I know which family might have my ancestors?

There are two collections to search. The first link below is an index of all 14 families with just their name and birth year identified. All baptism information, census records, and other source material have been removed to condense the document. By having all 14 families in one document, it’s easier to understand and locate your ancestors.

Index - All Gurule Families A combined list of all descendants from Families 1-14

The second collection is a database that Leon Moya has been developing over the years. The database was current up to the release in 2014, but not afterwards. It’s still a great database to start locating your family. If you find your family, then click on the matching “family number sheet” to see if any of their information has been updated/corrected.

Find Your Gurulé Family A Combined Database of Available Families

How do I search through the documents?

Do a CTRL + F to activate the search feature within any of the documents you choose to open. You can view the document on-line or by downloading a copy of the file.

What format was used for the families?

While the format looks quite different from printouts you would see from genealogy software programs such as Family Tree Maker, Legacy, RootsMagic, etc., it’s easy to understand.

Family information is indented. For example, all people with #2 by their name are children of the parents with #1 by their name. Then all people with #3 by their name are children of the parents with #2 by their name. The indentation format works and makes it easier to tell how the descendants flow from a line. Source information is also included (small pink book with info). If you have any questions, please write to Angela Lewis.

How do I access the Gurulé families?

Family #1 – these are the direct descendants of Santiago Gurulé and Elena Gallegos. Because this family is huge, each child has been separated into its own link. Choose the person by clicking on their name:  Go To Family #1

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Families #2 through #15 – These are Angela’s working papers for other families that she’s been able to trace back to the 1700’s and no further.  Many of the baptism and marriage records identify them as being from “Genizaro” families.

Genizaros were captives of varied tribal origins and had been ransomed by other nomadic Indian tribes and then placed as servants in the homes of settlers and missionaries.  These Indians adopted Spanish surnames and customs and built towns away from the Spanish settlements and the pueblo villages.  By 1775, there were three prominent Genizaro communities in New Mexico:  Analco in Santa Fe, Abiquiu, and Los Jarales near Belen.

In Family #3, you’ll read about Antonio Gurulé and Teresa Salazar being the first family listed on the petition for land in Belen.

Other terms found in census records and church records are Mestizo (mixture of Indian and Spanish) and Coyote (mixture of Indian and Mestizo)

Some of these families are believed to be sons of Rosa and Bernardina who were Indian servants in the household of Antonio Gurulé and Antonia Quintana.

Choose the family then click on the desired link: Go To Other Families

Finally, not available on the web site are literally hundreds of other families that I continue to work.  Not all of Angela’s research is available on the website, so please contact Angela Lewis for help.

Source Material

Source material is abbreviated within the documents.  For example, Watrous-116 refers to page 116 of the marriages book for Sacred Heart Church in La Junta (Watrous), NM.  The entire list of source documents is

being worked and will be posted soon.  In the interim, if you have a question, please write to Angela.

Thank you for visiting the Gurulé Families page and we look forward to helping you.  We’ve also got a “Gurulé Family Surname” page on Facebook that grows each day with new cousins finding each other.

Overview

Gurulé Family #1

Yvon Grole and Marie Odoin – La Rochelle, France

Jacques Grole (aka Santiago Gurulé) and Elena Gallegos – married 6 Nov 1699

Antonio Gurulé, the only child born to Santiago Gurulé and Elena Gallegos, married Antonia Quintana on 27 Jul 1718, and they had nine children (all identified in Antonio’s 1761 will).  

Click on the child’s name below to visit that family’s page.  This overview only provides their

children and grandchildren to help you locate the right family.

Their first child, Maria Manuela Gurulé (born in 1722) married Baltazar Griego, and they had the following children:

#1 Domingo Griego married to Josefa Fulgenzia Gallegos

#1 Rosalia Griego

#1 Pasqual Griego

#1 Rafael Antonio Griego married to Ana Maria Lopez

#1 Antonia Griego married to Salvador Gallegos

#1 Maria Paulina Griego married to Jose Antonio Lopez

#1 Juan Bautista Griego married to Maria Manuela Ortega

Their second child, Tomas Gurulé (born 1725) married Maria Pasquala Griego, and they had the following children:

#1 Eusebio Gurulé married to Maria Ylaria Montano

#1 Juan Pablo Gurulé married to Beatris Santillanes

#1 Bernabe Antonio Gurulé, married first to Juana Tomasa Gutierrez, then to Maria Monica Montoya

#1 Maria de los Reyes Gurulé

#1 Antonia Gurulé

#1 Pedro Bautista de Jesus Gurulé married to Maria Dolores Duran

Their third child, Luisa de Jesus Gurulé (born 1731) married Tadeo Garcia de Noriega, and they had the following children:

#1 Ysidro Garcia married to Juana Barbara Aragon

#1 Gerardo Cristobal Garcia married to Maria Ana Santillanes

#1 Pablo Garcia

#1 Antonio Vicente Garcia married to Maria Francisca Chavez

#1 Maria Rosa Garcia married to Miguel Antonio Gamboa

Their fourth child, Juan Antonio Gurulé (born 1733) married Maria Petrona Montoya, and they had the following children:

#1 Antonio Toribio Gurulé married first to Maria Gertrudis Olguin, then to Maria Rita Mirabal

#1 Maria Manuel Gurulé married to Juan Pablo Chavez

#1 Miguel de San Juan Gurulé

#1 Jose Maria Gurulé married to Maria Josefa Candelaria

#1 Vicente Gurulé married to Maria Antonia Garcia

#1 Maria Gertrudis Gurulé married to Antonio Maria Gonzales

#1 Maria Guadalupe Gurulé married to Domingo Antonio Salazar

#1 Jose Domingo Gurulé married to Ana Maria Gonzales

#1 Juan Ysidro (Lagos) Gurulé married to Juana Maria Padilla

Their fifth child, Fabiana Gurulé (born 1736) married Nicolas Montoya, and they had the following children:

#1 Maria Andrea Montoya married to Jose Antonio Lucero de Godoy

#1 Maria Pasquala de Jesus Montoya married to Jose Antonio Lopez

#1 Ana Quiteria Montoya married to Diego Gallegos

#1 Maria Guadalupe Montoya married first to Juan Mariano Griego, then to Juan Bautista Chavez

#1 Jose Cipriano Montoya married to Maria Antonia Mestas

#1 Bernardo Montoya

#1 Juan Joseph Montoya #1 married to Maria Guadalupe Moreno

#1 Juan Joseph Montoya #2 married to Maria Rita Valencia

#1 Maria Manuela Montoya married to Juan Baca

#1 Juan Cristobal Montoya

#1 Juan Domingo Montoya married to Juana Maria Valencia

Their sixth child, Serafino Gurulé (born 1740) married Maria Gertrudis Aragon, and they had the following children:

#1 Antonia Rosa Gurulé married to Jose Manuel Muniz

#1 Maria de la Luz Gurulé married to Felipe Gonzales

#1 Miguel Antonio Gurulé married to Maria Ysidora Gallegos

#1 Maria Juliana Gurulé married to Diego Antonio Lucero

#1 Juan Andres Gurulé

#1 Antonio Jose Gurulé married to Maria Antonia Herrera

Their seventh child, Elena Gurulé (born 1741) married Jose Duran Y Chavez, and they had the following children:

#1 Maria Manuela Sabrina Chavez married to Agustin Antonio Archibeque

#1 Jose Alejandro Chavez

#1 Maria Apolonia Chavez married to Miguel Antonio Gonzales

#1 Juan Cristobal Chavez married first to Maria Barbara Antonia Gallegos, then to Maria Micaela Martin

#1 Maria Cecilia Chavez married to Juan de la Cruz Varela

#1 Maria Petra Chavez married to Jose Mariano Varela

#1 Maria Gertrudis Chavez married to Jose Antonio Valdez

#1 Maria Angela Chavez

#1 Ysidro Antonio Chavez married to Maria Jacinta Lujan

Their eighth child, Maria Francisca Gurulé (born 1743) married Diego Felipe Vasquez Borrego, and they had the following children:

#1 Diego Antonio Borrego married to Maria Vibiana Sandoval

#1 Juan Domingo Borrego married first to Barbara Trujillo, then to Juana Maria Montoya

#1 Ana Maria Borrego married to Jose Antonio Trujillo

#1 Jose Ygnacio Borrego

#1 Maria Dionisia Borrego married to Antonio Damasio Trujillo

#1 Maria Juliana Borrego married to Jose Guadalupe Martinez

#1 Maria del Carmen Borrego married to Antonio Jose Mestas

#1 Francisco Antonio Borrego married to Maria Salome Padilla

#1 Juan Antonio (Ursulo) Borrego

Their ninth child, Manuelita Gurulé (1746) married Juan Paulin Saiz, and they had the following children:

#1 Maria de los Dolores Saiz married to Pedro Nolasco Martinez

#1 Miguel Antonio Bonifacio Saiz

#1 Juan Bautista Saiz, married first to Maria Gertrudis Torres, then to Maria Barbara Antonia Salazar,

     and then to Maria Ramona Sanchez

#1 Jose Reymundo Saiz

#1 Maria Teresa Saiz married to Pedro Antonio Valdez

NOTE:   NM Roots Ltd contains a prenuptial investigation for Maria de la Luz Gurulé married to Cristobal Ubaldo Garcia.

Though Antonio Gurulé and Antonia Quintana were shown as her parents, no marriage record was ever found, nor was she included in Antonio’s 1761 will. Thus, she is not included in Family #1.